#E9DD66#E9DD66

#E9DD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD66
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.00, -10.64, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.00, 59.73, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0329 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.8610, 69.9980, 22.8202)
Luminance	0.7000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD66 #6672E9

analogous

#E99B66 #E9DD66 #B3E966

triadic

#E9DD66 #66E9DD #DD66E9

tetradic

#E9DD66 #66E99B #6672E9 #E966B3

square

#E9DD66 #66E99B #6672E9 #E966B3

split-complementary

#E9DD66 #66B3E9 #9B66E9

monochromatic

#BAAB1B #E1D130 #E9DD66 #F1E99C #F8F5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.00

#E9DD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD66

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD66	1.00	1.40	15.00	15.00
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e795',
    500: '#e9dd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd66;
$custom-light: #f3e795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88423,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD66

secondary

#3A46B9

accent

#21D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD66

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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